socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

How do you go about trying to completely disrupt the entire telecom industry? No fly by night startup -- the company is backed by the founders of Skype -- we talked with COO Stephen Sesar about how FreedomPop can provide free wireless Internet, the firm's expansion plans, and how the company hopes to turn the telecom industry on its head.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Fred Wilson wrote a blog post yesterday called “Real Names” in which he talked about a commenter on his blog who preferred not to comment because he didn’t want to use his real name. I wrote about Job Hoppers. Think about it. You originally had to have a.edu email address to even join.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 25, 2013

Netflix might kill their video business. I’d also love the ability to click on an email or contact and have the option to calendar a meeting with the individual like you can by adding a contact from an email. Mac sales will eventually slow as people switch to tablets. The iPhone hasn’t seen much innovation.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

They did some research, and found that around 88 percent of seats were empty and about 95 percent of seats were empty after opening weekend. They then decided to do something about it. Tell us more about yourself ? Checkout, then show the email confirmation to the box office using your phone or by printing it out.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article. Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

Netflix, Hulu, and even YouTube and other content streaming sites have all but obliterated the independent DVD rental business of yesterday. Yes, Netflix has a huge arm in the rental business and Redbox is pretty popular, but you’ll find the titles are probably pretty limited if you like the good indie stuff.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I’ve always believed it’s been one of the most important attributes of business success yet something very few business leaders talk about. So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A So no whinging about what a long post this is! Creativity. Strange, I know.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg announced native Instant Articles as a feature update about a year ago and Facebook has been slowly rolling out and improving the product ever since. If you think about our behavior on AOL in the early to mid 90’s, people never really left AOL to go on the world-wide-web. By that I mean: Let me explain. Sound familiar?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on. Don’t worry about this.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

This is analogous to asking Netflix for a discount because you never use its recommendation engine. We based this relatively low price on the thousands of emails we had received during our beta period from would-be customers that indicated they would purchase GoToMyPC, “if the price were lower” than $19.95 per month (i.e.,

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

On the other hand, I meet plenty of people who complain bitterly about corporate politics—sometimes even in the companies they run. thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. clearly didn’t cause this.” Dying at 70?

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Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

In many cases, before the sale is complete, you’ll also measure your cost per lead (CPL) as in-between step in order to collect data about the user to remarket to them. See what other startup mentors have to say about marketing tactics. Conversion Rate. Cost Per Vistor. Cost per visitor is similar to CPC addressed above.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Some might be from banner ads and others may arise from an email campaign. . For instance, if a user registers for a firewall, subsequent offers for anti-spam or anti-spyware solutions will generally fare better than random solicitations for Netflix, Geico or the secret to whiter teeth. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Meredith Publishing.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Rather than how much you charge, it’s about how the purchase will impact your buyer’s life. It’s a Netflix for business cards and receipts. What are their interests?

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Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

In many cases, before the sale is complete, you’ll also measure your cost per lead (CPL) as in-between step in order to collect data about the user to remarket to them. See what other startup mentors have to say about marketing tactics. Conversion Rate. Cost Per Vistor. Cost per visitor is similar to CPC addressed above.

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Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

If you’re not even spending any time thinking about what your market could be you’re simply being lazy and unprepared. For all of the talk about Salesforce.com controlling the CRM market I’m told they still have less than 20% market share. Let me be very direct. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2012

The reception of the Lumia 900 seemed about on par with the handful of Androids I have. With a full day’s usage (reading twitter, watching some Netflix, downloading apps, making a few phone calls), the battery still had plenty of juice at the end of the day to continue, and then some.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2012

The reception of the Lumia 900 seemed about on par with the handful of Androids I have. With a full day’s usage (reading twitter, watching some Netflix, downloading apps, making a few phone calls), the battery still had plenty of juice at the end of the day to continue, and then some.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The units, asking $500,000 to $2 million, hit the market in about a month. In February, Googles YouTube signed a lease for about 40,000 square feet of production space in Playa Vista. And in August 2011, Facebook began leasing about 13,000 square feet in Playa Vista. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. County: 0.9%.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! This interaction was about 20 seconds long. ► October (1) New Video! So much for resting!

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